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Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

Brown Curriculum Unit
  • Type: Traveling Trunk
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The Brown Foundation and the National Park Service worked closely to produce this curriculum to provide teachers the resources needed to teach concepts of fairness and social democracy.The Brown curriculum kit includes a Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site handbook; a DVD with two short videos titled Reading, Writing and Resistance and Dialog; and a CD-ROM entitled Brown v. Board of Education: Struggle for Equality with a teacher's guide.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Hulihia Kīlauea – a Complete Change part 3, post-visit classroom activities and assessment
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

These final classroom activities allow students to contemplate the risks involved in living in areas subject to natural disasters. They can investigate their local emergency response plans, learn from family or friends about natural disaster experiences, and synthesize what they have learned.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Hulihia Kīlauea – a Complete Change part 1, pre-field trip classroom activities
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Introduction to Volcanoes in Hawaiʻi - The following are suggested classroom activities to precede a visit to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park or an outdoor field trip in another location. They can be used as stand-alone activities, or in the suggested sequence.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Class of Discovery
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Class of Discovery is the most in-depth ranger/teacher conducted program at the park. Students become the members of the expedition while they visit the park and participate in hands-on activities to learn what life was like during the time the Corps of Discovery stayed at Fort Clatsop.

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

Teaching With Historic Places Curriculum
  • Type: Teacher Reference Materials
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This lesson is based on the Historic Resources Study for Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, as well as other materials on Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women.

Biodiversity Curriculum: Flipping for Adaptations
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will show what they have learned by drawing and writing about their “flipped” animal to encourage creativity and thoughtful response in how these adaptations help their animals survive in their unique environments. As an extension, students can do further research on specific animals and their adaptations by making “What Am I?” cards to play in class.

Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

Web Quest Curriculum Unit
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

A cooperative activity where students identify each of the five cases included in the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court decision, explore how the NAACP was involved, and how explore the significance of the "separate but equal" clause.

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site

Tallgrass Prairie: A Multidisciplinary Curriculum
  • Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Prepare students for a visit to the 81-acre tallgrass prairie at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site. Activities strenghten skills in observation, analysis, and interpretation in the field and in the classroom. Activities are written with middle school students in mind, but may be appropriate for other ages.

Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park

Kaloko Loko I'a (Fishpond) Curriculum
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Kaloko-Honokōhau is a wahi kūpuna (ancestral place) that is deeply loved and cherished by the kamaʻāina (natives) of Kona. Remembered today for the fishing village that existed along the coast, these reminders of the ancestors remain. Remnants of the fishing village includes kahua (ancient house site platforms), heiau (religious sites), loko iʻa (fishponds), holua (toboggan slide), kiʻi pōhaku (petroglyphs), papamū (kokane game boards), ahu (altar), and ala hele(trails).

Biodiversity Curriculum: Middle School Newsletter
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students are given the opportunity to research a topic of their choice related to threats that exist to the biodiversity of our planet.

Acadia National Park

Migration Threats Activity
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will be able to identify the challenges birds face during migration by playing a game where each student is assigned a bird during migration.

Acadia National Park

"Historic" Journal Activity
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students are able to explore life in an 1800’s homestead. They will write narratives to explain their understanding of life at an 1800’s homestead.

Acadia National Park

Leaf Rubbing Activity
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students can find three different leaves, use them to do a leaf rubbing and then use vocabulary words to describe the leaves.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Early American Activities
  • Type: Science Labs
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

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Santa Fe National Historic Trail

Santafetrail.org Activities and Lessons
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The Santa Fe Trail Association, the official partner of the Santa Fe National Historic Trail, offers a plethora of activities and packets for grades K-8. This site also offers a number of additional resources, including an interactive trail map with detailed explanations of each stop on the trail. Resources could easily be adapted to fit any curriculum!

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Online Classroom Visits
  • Type: Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Teachers! Sign up your class for a 30-minute virtual classroom visit from a National Park Service ranger or partnering staff focused on a wide selection of topics such as otters, environmental stewardship, or the history of Upper St. Anthony Falls!

Park for Every Classroom
  • Type: Teacher Workshops & Other Programs
  • Grade Levels: Adult Education

Learn more and apply now to take part in this free workshop for K-12 teachers of all disciplines.

Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site

Classroom Ranger Talk
  • Type: Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

If your class wants to learn more about Ulysses S. Grant but you're not able to visit the park, have no fear. We'll come to you!

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

French and Indian War Activity
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Representing the competing interests of the European nations on a global scale, set in the North American contenient. These battles ultimately shaped political and cultural divisions across the world, especially here in Louisiana that are still felt today!

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Activities for Home - Dark Skies
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Night Sky over Kīlauea Caldera NPS Photo/Janice Wei